# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.14.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.14.5

καθόλου μὲν οὖν οὕτω τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὴν βραχύτητα τῶν κλημάτων καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς τὴν μήτραν τὴν ἐν τοῖς ἀποτόμοις ὅπως ἴση τὸ πλάτος ᾖ τῷ περιειληφότι κλήματι. τῆς γὰρ ἀμπέλου τεμνομένης ἐξ ἴσου πρός τε τὴν ἕξιν τὴν ἑαυτῆς καὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ καρποῦ φορὰν πολυχρόνιον ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἀγαθὴν διὰ τέλους. ἐὰν δὲ ἡ μήτρα πλέον μέρος κατέχῃ τῆς τομῆς καρπὸν μὲν γίνεσθαι πολὺν τὰ δὲ κλήματα ἀμενηνὰ διὰ τὴν τῆς τροφῆς ἀσθένειαν.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.